Renaissance
Renaissance
Humanist
Who started it: Petrarchand Giovanni Boccaccio
Came from Italy
How did they start it: they found old copies of the classic works
Traveled on trade routes and cities to find ancient text
What was it: humanism was used to improve people lives
They get an education
Everyone else starts to do more
How did ideas from regions outside of Europe influence the Renaissance?
Muslim Empire:
How did the Renaissance spread throughout Europe?
How did the ideas of the Renaissance continue to spread and grow?
Scientific Revolution/ Humanist contribute
Main goal :go back and look at classical greek and roman ideas and prove them wrong
Scientific Revolution as a whole
Greek Rationalism/contribute
Catholic church/contribute
Nicolaus Copernicus/contribute
Johannes Kepler/contribute
Galileo/contributes
Sir Isaac Newton/contribute
Niccolo Machiavelli
The prince - still used as a “handbook” for politician
Leonardo Da Vinci
The Virgin of the rocks, the last supper Mona Lisa - accurate sketches of human body, his designs lead the way for future design
Michelangelo
The Holy Family, ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Pita and David - Famous for his realistic depiction of the humans
Raphael
Paintings of Madonna's, Jesus's mother, School of Athens and transfiguration - powerful, collaborative church paintings and storytelling within his paintings
Jan van Eyck
Mystic Lamb, Arnolfini Portraits - Used Oil paint and crafts smaller more intimate realism
William Shakespeare
Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer night's dream, Twelfth night - Plays are still used today and books are based on his themes